Artis v. United States

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Ronald C. Artis was convicted of first degree murder while armed, two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, conspiracy to commit those crimes, and related firearms offenses. The trial judge denied his motion for a new trial pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001) without a hearing. In this consolidated appeal, we uphold that denial and affirm Artis’s convictions. The main issue before us is whether Artis’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to move to suppress murder weapons and ammunition recovered by the police when they…